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Scott Peters: “One of the best ways to incentivize this collective solution is to put a price on carbon either through a cap in trade…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2020
One of the best ways to incentivize this collective solution is to put a price on carbon either through a cap in trade like California has or through a carbon tax.
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Scott Peters
Democratic · California

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Advocating for a carbon pricing mechanism to address climate change.

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